The Pelican River is an
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the
Otter Tail River
The Otter Tail River (Ojibwe: ''Nigigwaanowe-ziibi'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 river in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. I ...
of
Minnesota
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in the
United States
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.
Pelican River is an English translation of the native
Ojibwe language
Ojibwe , also known as Ojibwa , Ojibway, Otchipwe,R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878''A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language''/ref> Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian lan ...
name.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minnesota
References
Minnesota Watersheds*
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Becker County, Minnesota
Rivers of Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Rivers of Minnesota
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